Living in Finland in the EU, I am very confused as to why none of the vegan milk products contain added calcium. Children need a certain amount of calcium which they easily get through cows milk. But not so through vegan milk, because it does not naturally contain calcium.
Are there any laws that forbid adding calcium in your country? Is there any other reason as to why oat and soy based milk products don’t get added calcium?
Up until about 2 years ago there were lots of plant milk producers that added calcium in Germany. Now there is none. I believe the reason is that if they add supplements now, they cannot put “organic” on their milk cartons anymore.
Yeah, I’ve heard the same about vitamin B12. I know, Oatly continues to add those in.
Yes, I remember a lot of organic milks were fortified with some calcium rich algae. Nowadays the only fortified soy milk I can find is Alpro (not organic, with calciumcarbonate).
It’s a real shame because I really liked Provamel and the Alnatura one.
In my EU country, most do contain calcium, as well as vitamin D and sometimes B12 and iode .
Although I have to say I get almost if not all of my calcium from water, vegetables and tofu as I rarely drink any plant based milk.
Not exactly.
In Germany, I think most plank milk brands are also Bio (organic) for some reason. And you can’t label something as bio in Germany if it contains additives, nd this includes supplements. And because of that, most plant milks sold do not contains added calcium, b12 or anything.
My (US) experience is that most do add calcium and certain vitamins.
Personally I supplement calcium to be on the safe side after breaking my collar bone. I healed fast enough but I did everything I could to make that happen and since then I’ve just kept going with the supplements
